 Fighting Clowns
I woke up this morning to find my little angels in a huge fight. I have had this pair for over 14 months. They went in at about 1" a piece and seem to have sexed themselves and became a mated pair. One is larger than the other and they have been doing the fluttering dances for months. They host in my mushrooms and brown button polyps not the carpet anemone that's around the corner. Anyways the larger of the two was attacking the crap out of the smaller one. Took chunks out of a pectoral fin and tail. I left nature alone for awhile but I couldn't stand it anymore. I caught the little one and put it in a breeding box for awile to give it some breathing room and to tell the other one to back off. I let the little one back out after about 2 hours. They are now on separate ends of the tank. Is this normal? Were they just having a lovers spat or should I move the little clown into one of my other tanks. I am afraid that after I go to bed there will be another huge blowout fight. Is the larger of the pair the male?
Let me know what's up. Thanks. Noel  |